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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1260-1278 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin with a plain, blank reverse, as is standard for bracteate coinage of this type. The reverse shows the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, inherent to the single-die striking technique used in bracteate production. |
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Ottokar II ruled Bohemia at the peak of its medieval territorial expansion, briefly controlling a swath of Central Europe stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic. These thin, single-sided bracteates were the workhorse coinage of his reign — struck from sheet silver so fragile that surviving examples with full, uncracked flans are genuinely scarce. The type ends abruptly with his death at the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, where Rudolf of Habsburg's forces decisively ended Přemyslid overreach.